You see, I had 9 TTM requests pending, a couple of which were Hall of Famers, while others were just historical players of note...
Needless to say, I was happy to see that inside my mailer was my 44th Hall of Famer, Mr. Billy Williams!
Williams (my 24th TTM success) played from 1959 to 1976 for the Cubs and A's. He only played a handful of games in 1959 and 1960, then earned the 1961 Rookie of the Year award. He retired with 2,711 hits, 426 home runs and a batting average of .290. He won the batting title in 1972 and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1987 (his 6th ballot) with 85.7% of the vote.
I'm really glad to get this one, I was beginning to worry. I sent a check for $20.00 and the ball to him on June 24 and got it back today (August 19). I checked my online banking last night and the check hadn't been cashed, so I wasn't expecting this ball today...
I need to check and see, but I think I have three other Hall of Famers who I'm waiting on. I may try to get a few more (of the 8 pending baseballs) in before I send off more requests. We'll see.
5 comments:
Awesome success man! I could've met Williams a while back had he not called in sick. Hopefully he comes back here sometime soon for another show.
Very nice! Sharpie though? It's a HOFer, so it still rocks!
That is a ballpoint ink pen which has been enhanced by my awesome camera.
OOOHHH! My bad. Looks like blue sharpie.
I bought a new camera a month ago that has some awesome features. I take pictures of the baseballs in 'macro' mode, with no flash and the camera set to "Super Vivid". Makes the seams and the sigs really pop...
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